Italy and Poland take advantage after three days of men's volleyball at Rio 2016

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Volleyball12/08/2016

Italy and Poland take advantage after three days of men's volleyball at Rio 2016

Italy, here celebrating win over Mexico, are one of only two undefeated teams after three rounds of pool play in men's volleyball at Rio 2016.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 11, 2016 - Italy and Poland remain the only two undefeated teams in men's volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, after hosts Brazil suffered their first defeat at the hands of USA - who themselves were scoring their first win in three rounds of pool play.

USA are still alive and kicking in the Olympic tournament after their 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20) win over Brazil, which comes following two defeats of the North Americans in their opening matches in Pool A.

In Pool B, Poland have broken away at the top of the table as the only other undefeated team of the men's tournament, after their latest win over Argentina 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 37-35). Also, defending Olympic champions Russia demolished Egypt 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-9) in 54 minutes, shattering three Olympic scoring and duration records on the way, and Iran scored their first win at Rio 2016 downing Cuba 3-0 (25-21, 31-29, 25-16).

Men's pool play resumes on Saturday 13 August. The top for teams of each pool advance to the quarterfinals.

Top Scoring Performances24 – Matt Anderson of USA v Brazil on August 1123 – Bartosz Kurek of Poland v Iran on August 922 – Aaron Russell of United States v Italy on August 921 – Facundo Conte of Argentina v Iran on August 721 – Earvin Ngapeth of France v Canada on August 1120 – Osniel Rendon of Cuba v Russia on August 720 – Osmany Juantorena of Italy v United States on August 920 – Ahmed Abdelhay of Egypt v Cuba on August 9

Top Individual Blocking Performances8 – Seyed Mousavi of Iran v Poland on August 98 – Artem Volvich of Russia v Egypt on August 115 - Facundo Conte of Argentina v Iran on August 75 – Pablo Crer of Argentina v Russia on August 95 – Seyed Mousavi of Iran v Cuba on August 114 – Maxwell Holt of United States v Italy on August 94 – Michal Kubiak of Poland v Iran on August 94 – Nicholas Hoag of Canada v Brazil on August 94 – Simone Buti of Italy v Mexico on August 114 – Lucas Saatkamp of Brazil v USA on August 11

Top Individual Service Performances4 – Ricardo Lucarelli of Brazil v Mexico on August 74 – Micah Christenson of USA v Brazil on August 11